Line-gage for type-writing machines.



E. B. HESS. LINE GAGE FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, I915- RENEWED IAN. I2. 1917. W 1 @fifi (a Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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A TTOR/VEV ate To all whom it may concern:

' COMP Y, OF NEW YORK,

- LINEQGAGE FOE TYPE-WRITING mis er.

Application filed April 29, 1915, Serial No. 24,675. Renewed January-12,1917 Serial No. 142,119 I v Be it known thatI, EDWARD B.

citizen of the United States of America, re-

of Kings, and Stateof New'Y-ork,

siding in the borough of Brooklyn,

have invented a certain new and which the following is a specification. I This invention relates to typewriting machines so organized or equipped that, in the absence of the ordinary continuous line gage and scale there is a short line gage and scale frail;

I Fig. 2, a front elevation 'of like parts:

Fig. 3, a detail plan view ,scale' of a bracket or. support for a'supple-- mental line gage: and

:a general arrangement broadly,

I plate adjacent the printing point.- The in-' vention contemplates an additional or supsplemental hnelgage of improved construe. tion located adjacent the end of In'another 'application.filed by. me, No. shown-such" and specifireference to the supporting ofv such supplemental line gage above the line 24,674 filed Apr. 29, 1'91-5, I have cally with of print. I

The present invention with respect to the 7 function performed is-similar to that. de-

scribed in said application-but differs structurally therefrom, in that Royal Standard typewriting machine. 1'

desirable for.

Figure; a cross section through the transversely'jmovin carriage and its-.shift on an enlarged Fig. 4, a front elevation of "such gage on an enlarged scale. I. u

l is the ordinary shift rail; 2, the bottom I rail; of'the. transversely moving carriage and 3 indicates bearing balls on which the car-- jriage moves...

extending'up in front of the platen and op- Carried by" the shift rail and posite the .pr1ntin'g-point is a card holder that is fixedwith reference to the transverse I line gageor scale 4 and card that extend acrossthe line movement of. the-carriage and comprises a one on 'eachside of the which to the ttur ' Specification of Letters Patent.

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the platen.

cult to e p the supplemental line gage is supported below the platen'and i v is carried in as applied to aneath the platen and the rear ends of such he accompanying drawing showsso much of a typewritercarriage-asis deemed illustration of the inventionp face 0 holding fingers' .23, 23, to receive printing point. .of print and are curved to conformmore 'or less curvatui'e of theplaten. Cooperating NEWJEBSEK} mncmivns.

with these card holding lingersbeyond their upper end is a barb running longitudinally ofithe platen and carried inswinging side county.

7 in rear of the platen. useful Improved Line-Gage for Type-Writing Machines, of

arms 7. pivoted at some appropriate point The bar 6 carries paper controlling and No. 950,326 dated February 22, 1910, as .in

.imygPatentlNo. 1,105,657 of Aug. 4, 1914, andmore detailed description is,'theref ore, unnecessary. When long lines 'are to ,be

written upon and especially in filling in long rate tea rat; wit

feeding rolls 8 that, when in operative po-' 0 I surface of the platen lines upon blanks where printing occurs'atseparated oints in the line, it has been difii= therefore, provided ect an accurate alinement of the printin'g' line." I have,

a supplementary line gage of improved con- .struction located adjace t; th e d f platen. 9 is the rear platen -feed roll car-Y 'ried upon a shaft 10. 11 isthe front feed u roll-carried upon a shaft 12. Arms'13 ex- ."t'end from the rear feed roll'sh'aft to the,

' and the front'feed roll shaft" j rocking-on or with a shaft 16 extending longitudinally bep 85. I

cam shaft 14 lever arms 15 lever arms project into engagement Withthe operating cam shaft 14 by rotation of which 7 the frontand rear feed rolls may be moved away from the platen. This is the construcv tion the #Royal Standard typewriter. I illustrated of mounting the supplemental I .line

Very Well known,.that is employedin he plan gage is as follows: Said gage comprises a portions '18, 19 extending rearwardly at right angles therefrom-- rockin also pass through a -line' bracket'having a front portion 17 and -The two arms or ,1 [portions -18, 19,"'have co-incident apertures 1 j a j 20, 21 that embrace the .shaft'lG and permit. .f g? longitudinal movement ofthe'bracket thereon. The portion or arm 19-.isoff'greater' length than that 18,andis}formed at".its rear end with a jaw; 22 thatembraces the cam shaft 14 and holds-"the bracket again'st movement on shaft 16. Thefrontflf clamp bolts 24, 25v that" gage carrying plate Y 26' formedqwith vertically elongated slots 27 tov permit oof. litsj'adj'iistment on the r Y bracket. This carrying plate is deflectedv Mum...

forward tangentially of the platen being'to thatend bent or angularly formed at the line 28. Its upper end therefore extends forwardly obliquely to about a vertical plane in which the front face of the platen lies and is formed with curled tongues 29, 29, that receive a hinge pin 30 that also passes through like curled bearings formed on the gage plate 31. I The gage supporting plate 26 is slit in parallel lines at its central portion forming a spring tongue that passes upwardly back of the gage plate 31 and on the latter is a downwardly projecting tongue the three gages may 33 turned up and overlying the spring tongue 32. The gage plate 31 may therefore be swung upon the hinge joint described and held in either upright or depressed position by the reaction of the spring tongue. When in elevated position, its upper edge, which may, if desired, be inscribed With a scale, lies at the line of print. The screw bolt 25 is extended well to thefront as seen in Fig. 1, and will contact with the lower part of card holdin finger 5, causing the gage to slide on sha t 16 and soprevent the typebars from striking the gage. The supplemental gage device as a whole is capable of longitudinal movement on shafts 16an 1 14. In the traverse of the platemshould the supplemental gage 31, when down, come in-contact with the card guide finger 5 the gage will slip upon the shaft 16 to the outer end of the platen so that all, or substantially all, of the printing face of the' platen will be available for printing purposes.

A side line gage similar in all respects to that described applied to the-right hand end of the platen, may be applied to the left hand end of the laten, as shown at Fig. 2, with corresponding parts cated. This gage 31, as here shown, 18 moved down when the margin part of a wide sheet is being written on, the center gage t then being used for adjusting the sheet as shown in Fig. 2. At other times be used, or the left hand gage may be used to adjust a wide sheet when writing is being done on 'the right hand portion of the sheet.

I claim:

1. Line gage devices for a typewriting machine comprismg a short fixed ,linegage located at the printing point and a supplemental line gage located adjacent one end similarly ind isubscribed my name.

of the platen mounted to move with the platen under theline of printand adjustable in its mounting toward and from the end of the platen and relatively to the fixed gage.

2. Line gage devices for a typewriting machine, comprising a short fixed line gage located at the printing point and a supple mental line gage located adjacent one end of the platen mounted to move with the platen below-the line of print and adjustable in its mounting vertically with reference to the line of print and-horizontally toward and from the end of the platen.

3. Line gage devices for a typewriting machine, comprising a short fixed line gage located at' the printing point and a suppleplaten, a part vertically adjustable relatively -to the line of print, and a third part movable transversely toward and from the platen.

4. The combination of a platen, its carriage, a rod beneath the platen forming part of the carriage frame, a bracket attached to said rod, a vertically adjustable plate mounted on said bracket and a line gage plate hinged to said vertically adjustable plate.

5. The combination of the platen,"its carriage, thepaper feed rolls, a rod beneath the platen in the carriage frame supporting said paper 'feed rolls, a cam shaft for raismg and lowering said rolls, a bracket supmental line gage mounted'beneath the line ported by said rod and having a part on gaging said cam shaft, and a line gage attached to said bracket.

'6. The combination with a platen, its car'- riage, a rod in the carriage beneath the platen, a bracket free to slide on said rod in a line parallel with the axis of the platen and a line gage carried by said bracket and having an upper part mounted to move toward and from the platen.

In' testimony whereof, I have. hereunto g EDWARD nnnssj Witnesses: I

' L. C. MYERS,

GEORGE F. HANDLEY. V 

